Sunflower

In late May, my friend Florence, a master gardener along with her husband, gave me some pansies for my deck. I planted them, and they're still flowering, weakly but producing nevertheless. When something else started pushing up in one pot, I almost pulled it, thinking it was a weed. Happily, I didn't because when Florence visited in June, she exclaimed, "A sunflower!"

So I have waited.
And now it's blooming. There were two long stems, but a big storm toppled the other one a couple of weeks ago. As a result, I staked this one. It's a happy accident.